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You can register using your Google, Facebook, or Twitter account, just click here.With one word, this guy is discredited: 'will'. He said Elio WILL fail...and added some descriptive to that absolute prediction. Now Elio has not succeeded to date but merely making an absolute prediction of the future without the credentials of a prophet is reason alone to be disregarded. But to make an absolute based on his three reasons one of which reveals his ignorance or disregard of apparently well established, independent vehicle engineering shows his feet are full of bullet holes. His second reason disregards facts. A considerable number of states have had exception to the helmet rule for vehicles like -- but predating -- the Elio. Oregon is merely one example. That exception has been on the books here since, I believe, the Sparrow era. He tries to side step the recent online critics of his bravado by saying he wrote the piece years ago. That doesn't fly. Again, his was an absolute, unequivocal prediction.Yeah I know I said I done, but I saw this and couldn't help myself.
I thought the trip down memory lane might be amusing.
From 3 1/2 years ago...
http://gas2.org/2013/05/13/elio-motors-still-thinks-it-can-sell-a-3-wheeler-why-it-cant/
http://interestingengineering.com/three-wheeling-into-future-elio-motors/interestingengineering.com. Someone get this on here... mostly a positive story!
And their "facts" are so right on" like this one:
With one word, this guy is discredited: 'will'. He said Elio WILL fail...and added some descriptive to that absolute prediction. Now Elio has not succeeded to date but merely making an absolute prediction of the future without the credentials of a prophet is reason alone to be disregarded. But to make an absolute based on his three reasons one of which reveals his ignorance or disregard of apparently well established, independent vehicle engineering shows his feet are full of bullet holes. His second reason disregards facts. A considerable number of states have had exception to the helmet rule for vehicles like -- but predating -- the Elio. Oregon is merely one example. That exception has been on the books here since, I believe, the Sparrow era. He tries to side step the recent online critics of his bravado by saying he wrote the piece years ago. That doesn't fly. Again, his was an absolute, unequivocal prediction.
His third point is that folks won't want to wear a helmet. That premise (of human behavior for which I do not see his behavioral credentials) was based on his premise that a helmet would be required.
Now, he could redeem his lost cred in my view by a written retraction, but it doesn't seem he's the type to do so.
In other words...Regardless, we tend look through all the media sources until we find one that validates our own viewpoint.